2000–01 FA Premier League

The 2000–01 FA Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the ninth FA Premier League season and the third season running which ended with Manchester United as champions and Arsenal as runners-up. Sir Alex Ferguson became the first manager to win three successive English league titles with the same club. Liverpool, meanwhile, managed a unique cup treble – winning the FA Cup, League Cup and UEFA Cup. They also finished third in the Premier League and qualified for the Champions League. Nike replaced Mitre as manufacturer of the official Premier League match ball, a contract that has since been extended multiple times, with the most recent renewal made in November 2018 to the end of the 2024–25 season.^[3]

FA Premier League

Season	2000–01
Dates	19 August 2000 – 19 May 2001
Champions	Manchester United 7th Premier League title 14th English title
Relegated	Manchester City Coventry City Bradford City
Champions League	Manchester United Arsenal Liverpool
UEFA Cup	Leeds United Ipswich Town Chelsea
Intertoto Cup	Aston Villa Newcastle United
Matches played	380
Goals scored	992 (2.61 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (23 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Fabien Barthez Paul Jones Sander Westerveld (14 clean sheets each)
Biggest home win	Manchester United 6–0 Bradford City (5 September 2000)
Biggest away win	Derby County 0–4 Liverpool (15 October 2000) Manchester City 0–4 Leeds United (13 January 2001) Derby County 0–4 Chelsea (7 April 2001) Manchester City 0–4 Arsenal (11 April 2001) Charlton Athletic 0–4 Liverpool (19 May 2001)
Highest scoring	Arsenal 5–3 Charlton Athletic (26 August 2000)
Longest winning run	8 games[1] Manchester United
Longest unbeaten run	13 games[1] Leeds United
Longest winless run	13 games[1] Bradford City Derby County
Longest losing run	8 games[1] Leicester City
Highest attendance	67,637 Manchester United 4–2 Coventry City (14 April 2001)
Lowest attendance	15,523 Bradford City 2–1 Coventry City (2 December 2000)
Total attendance	12,503,039[2]
Average attendance	32,903[2]
← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

UEFA Cup places went to Leeds United, Chelsea, Ipswich Town, and Aston Villa, who qualified via the Intertoto Cup. None of the top six clubs in the Premier League had an English manager. The most successful English manager in the 2000–01 Premier League campaign was Peter Reid, whose Sunderland side finished seventh, having spent most of the season challenging for a place in Europe, and briefly occupied second place in the Premier League table.

Despite the success achieved by Sir Alex Ferguson and Gérard Houllier, the Manager of the Year Award went to George Burley. The Ipswich Town manager was in charge of a newly promoted side who began the season as relegation favourites and on a limited budget, guided his team to fifth place in the Premier League final table earning a total of 66 points - the highest total in Premier League history for a newly promoted side since the switch to a 20-team format—and a place in the UEFA Cup for the first time in almost 20 years. 2000–01 was perhaps the best season yet for newly promoted teams in the Premier League. Charlton Athletic finished ninth, their highest finish since the 1950s. The only newly promoted team to suffer relegation was Manchester City, who in the space of six seasons had now been relegated three times and promoted twice. Relegated in bottom place were Bradford City, whose return to the top division after almost 80 years was over after just two seasons. The next relegation place went to Coventry City, who were finally relegated after 34 successive seasons of top division football, which had brought numerous relegation battles and league finishes no higher than sixth place.

Teams

Twenty teams competed in the league – the top seventeen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the First Division. The promoted teams were Charlton Athletic, Manchester City and Ipswich Town, returning after a top flight absence of one, four and five years respectively. They replaced Wimbledon, Sheffield Wednesday and Watford. They were relegated to the First Division after spending fourteen, nine and one year in the top flight respectively.

Stadiums and locations

London

Aston Villa

Bradford City

Coventry City

Derby County

Everton

Ipswich Town

Leeds United

Leicester City

Liverpool

Manchester City

Manchester United

Middlesbrough

Newcastle United

Southampton

Sunderland

London teams:
Arsenal
Charlton Athletic
Chelsea
Tottenham Hotspur
West Ham United

Locations of the 2000–01 Premier League teams

Arsenal

Charlton Athletic

Chelsea

Tottenham
Hotspur

West Ham United

Greater London Premier League football clubs

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Arsenal	London (Highbury)	Arsenal Stadium	38,419
Aston Villa	Birmingham	Villa Park	42,573
Bradford City	Bradford	Valley Parade	25,136
Charlton Athletic	London (Charlton)	The Valley	20,043
Chelsea	London (Fulham)	Stamford Bridge	42,055
Coventry City	Coventry	Highfield Road	23,489
Derby County	Derby	Pride Park Stadium	33,597
Everton	Liverpool (Walton)	Goodison Park	40,569
Ipswich Town	Ipswich	Portman Road	30,300
Leeds United	Leeds	Elland Road	40,242
Leicester City	Leicester	Filbert Street	22,000
Liverpool	Liverpool (Anfield)	Anfield	45,522
Manchester City	Manchester (Moss Side)	Maine Road	35,150
Manchester United	Manchester (Old Trafford)	Old Trafford	68,174
Middlesbrough	Middlesbrough	Riverside Stadium	35,049
Newcastle United	Newcastle upon Tyne	St James' Park	52,387
Southampton	Southampton	The Dell[a]	15,200
Sunderland	Sunderland	Stadium of Light	49,000
Tottenham Hotspur	London (Tottenham)	White Hart Lane	36,240
West Ham United	London (Upton Park)	Boleyn Ground	35,647

1. This was Southampton's last season at The Dell as they were scheduled to relocate to St Mary's Stadium from the following season onward.

Personnel and kits

(as of 14 May 2001)

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Arsenal	Arsène Wenger	Tony Adams	Nike	Dreamcast/Sega1
Aston Villa	John Gregory	Gareth Southgate	Diadora	NTL
Bradford City	Jim Jefferies	Stuart McCall	Asics	JCT600 Ltd
Charlton Athletic	Alan Curbishley	Mark Kinsella	Le Coq Sportif	Redbus
Chelsea	Claudio Ranieri	Dennis Wise	Umbro	Autoglass
Coventry City	Gordon Strachan	Mustapha Hadji	CCFC Garments	Subaru
Derby County	Jim Smith	Darryl Powell	Puma	EDS
Everton	Walter Smith	Dave Watson	Puma	One2One
Ipswich Town	George Burley	Matt Holland	Punch	Greene King
Leeds United	David O'Leary	Lucas Radebe	Nike	Strongbow
Leicester City	Peter Taylor	Matt Elliott	Le Coq Sportif	Walkers Crisps
Liverpool	Gérard Houllier	Jamie Redknapp	Reebok	Carlsberg Group
Manchester City	Joe Royle	Alfie Haaland	Le Coq Sportif	Eidos
Manchester United	Sir Alex Ferguson	Roy Keane	Umbro	Vodafone
Middlesbrough	Terry Venables Bryan Robson	Paul Ince	Erreà	BT Cellnet
Newcastle United	Bobby Robson	Alan Shearer	Adidas	NTL
Southampton	Stuart Gray	Matt Le Tissier	Saints	Friends Provident
Sunderland	Peter Reid	Michael Gray	Nike	Reg Vardy
Tottenham Hotspur	Glenn Hoddle	Sol Campbell	Adidas	Holsten
West Ham United	Glenn Roeder	Steve Lomas	Fila	Dr. Martens

• ¹ The Dreamcast logo appeared on Arsenal's home and third shirts while the Sega logo appeared on their away shirt.

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Leicester City	Martin O'Neill	Signed by Celtic	1 June 2000	Pre-season	Peter Taylor	12 June 2000
Bradford City	Paul Jewell	Signed by Sheffield Wednesday	18 June 2000		Chris Hutchings	18 June 2000[4]
Chelsea	Gianluca Vialli	Sacked	12 September 2000	10th	Claudio Ranieri	17 September 2000
Bradford City	Chris Hutchings		6 November 2000[5]	19th	Stuart McCall (caretaker)	6 November 2000
Bradford City	Stuart McCall (caretaker)	End of caretaker spell	20 November 2000[6]	20th	Jim Jefferies	20 November 2000
Tottenham Hotspur	George Graham	Sacked	16 March 2001[7]	13th	Glenn Hoddle	30 March 2001[8]
Southampton	Glenn Hoddle	Signed by Tottenham Hotspur	30 March 2001[8]	9th	Stuart Gray	30 March 2001
West Ham United	Harry Redknapp	Mutual consent	9 May 2001	14th	Glenn Roeder (caretaker)	12 May 2001[9]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Manchester United (C)	38	24	8	6	79	31	+48	80	Qualification for the Champions League first group stage
2	Arsenal	38	20	10	8	63	38	+25	70
3	Liverpool	38	20	9	9	71	39	+32	69	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round[a]
4	Leeds United	38	20	8	10	64	43	+21	68	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[a]
5	Ipswich Town	38	20	6	12	57	42	+15	66
6	Chelsea	38	17	10	11	68	45	+23	61
7	Sunderland	38	15	12	11	46	41	+5	57
8	Aston Villa	38	13	15	10	46	43	+3	54	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round
9	Charlton Athletic	38	14	10	14	50	57	−7	52
10	Southampton	38	14	10	14	40	48	−8	52
11	Newcastle United	38	14	9	15	44	50	−6	51	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round
12	Tottenham Hotspur	38	13	10	15	47	54	−7	49
13	Leicester City	38	14	6	18	39	51	−12	48
14	Middlesbrough	38	9	15	14	44	44	0	42
15	West Ham United	38	10	12	16	45	50	−5	42
16	Everton	38	11	9	18	45	59	−14	42
17	Derby County	38	10	12	16	37	59	−22	42
18	Manchester City (R)	38	8	10	20	41	65	−24	34	Relegation to the Football League First Division
19	Coventry City (R)	38	8	10	20	36	63	−27	34
20	Bradford City (R)	38	5	11	22	30	70	−40	26

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Since Liverpool won the League Cup and qualified for the Champions League, their UEFA Cup place went to fifth-placed Ipswich Town. Since both FA Cup finalists, Liverpool and Arsenal, qualified for the Champions League, the berth in the UEFA Cup went to sixth-placed Chelsea. Both Ipswich and Chelsea were the highest-ranked team not already qualified for a European competition.

Results

Home \ Away	ARS	AVL	BRA	CHA	CHE	COV	DER	EVE	IPS	LEE	LEI	LIV	MCI	MUN	MID	NEW	SOU	SUN	TOT	WHU
Arsenal		1–0	2–0	5–3	1–1	2–1	0–0	4–1	1–0	2–1	6–1	2–0	5–0	1–0	0–3	5–0	1–0	2–2	2–0	3–0
Aston Villa	0–0		2–0	2–1	1–1	3–2	4–1	2–1	2–1	1–2	2–1	0–3	2–2	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	2–0	2–2
Bradford City	1–1	0–3		2–0	2–0	2–1	2–0	0–1	0–2	1–1	0–0	0–2	2–2	0–3	1–1	2–2	0–1	1–4	3–3	1–2
Charlton Athletic	1–0	3–3	2–0		2–0	2–2	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–2	2–0	0–4	4–0	3–3	1–0	2–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–1
Chelsea	2–2	1–0	3–0	0–1		6–1	4–1	2–1	4–1	1–1	0–2	3–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	3–1	1–0	2–4	3–0	4–2
Coventry City	0–1	1–1	0–0	2–2	0–0		2–0	1–3	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–2	1–1	1–2	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–3
Derby County	1–2	1–0	2–0	2–2	0–4	1–0		1–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–4	1–1	0–3	3–3	2–0	2–2	1–0	2–1	0–0
Everton	2–0	0–1	2–1	3–0	2–1	1–2	2–2		0–3	2–2	2–1	2–3	3–1	1–3	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	0–0	1–1
Ipswich Town	1–1	1–2	3–1	2–0	2–2	2–0	0–1	2–0		1–2	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	3–1	1–0	3–0	1–1
Leeds United	1–0	1–2	6–1	3–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–2		3–1	4–3	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–0	2–0	4–3	0–1
Leicester City	0–0	0–0	1–2	3–1	2–1	1–3	2–1	1–1	2–1	3–1		2–0	1–2	0–3	0–3	1–1	1–0	2–0	4–2	2–1
Liverpool	4–0	3–1	1–0	3–0	2–2	4–1	1–1	3–1	0–1	1–2	1–0		3–2	2–0	0–0	3–0	2–1	1–1	3–1	3–0
Manchester City	0–4	1–3	2–0	1–4	1–2	1–2	0–0	5–0	2–3	0–4	0–1	1–1		0–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	4–2	0–1	1–0
Manchester United	6–1	2–0	6–0	2–1	3–3	4–2	0–1	1–0	2–0	3–0	2–0	0–1	1–1		2–1	2–0	5–0	3–0	2–0	3–1
Middlesbrough	0–1	1–1	2–2	0–0	1–0	1–1	4–0	1–2	1–2	1–2	0–3	1–0	1–1	0–2		1–3	0–1	0–0	1–1	2–1
Newcastle United	0–0	3–0	2–1	0–1	0–0	3–1	3–2	0–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	0–1	1–1	1–2		1–1	1–2	2–0	2–1
Southampton	3–2	2–0	2–0	0–0	3–2	1–2	1–0	1–0	0–3	1–0	1–0	3–3	0–2	2–1	1–3	2–0		0–1	2–0	2–3
Sunderland	1–0	1–1	0–0	3–2	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	4–1	0–2	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	2–2		2–3	1–1
Tottenham Hotspur	1–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–3	3–0	3–1	3–2	3–1	1–2	3–0	2–1	0–0	3–1	0–0	4–2	0–0	2–1		1–0
West Ham United	1–2	1–1	1–1	5–0	0–2	1–1	3–1	0–2	0–1	0–2	0–1	1–1	4–1	2–2	1–0	1–0	3–0	0–2	0–0

Source: 11v11
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

Chelsea's Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink was the top scorer for the second time, with 23 goals.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	Chelsea	23
2	Marcus Stewart	Ipswich Town	19
3	Thierry Henry	Arsenal	17
	Mark Viduka	Leeds United
5	Michael Owen	Liverpool	16
6	Teddy Sheringham	Manchester United	15
7	Emile Heskey	Liverpool	14
	Kevin Phillips	Sunderland
9	Alen Bokšić	Middlesbrough	12
10	James Beattie	Southampton	10

Hat-tricks

Main article: List of Premier League hat-tricks

The 2000–01 Premier League season would see Leeds United's Mark Viduka become the first (and, so far only) Australian to score a hat-trick.

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref
Paulo Wanchope	Manchester City	Sunderland	4–2 (H)	23 August 2000	[10]
Michael Owen	Liverpool	Aston Villa	3–1 (H)	6 September 2000	[11]
Emile HeskeyP	Liverpool	Derby County	4–0 (A)	15 October 2000	[12]
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink4	Chelsea	Coventry City	6–1 (H)	21 October 2000	[13]
Teddy Sheringham	Manchester United	Southampton	5–0 (H)	28 October 2000	[14]
Mark Viduka4	Leeds United	Liverpool	4–3 (H)	4 November 2000	[15]
Les FerdinandP	Tottenham Hotspur	Leicester City	3–0 (H)	25 November 2000	[16]
Ray Parlour	Arsenal	Newcastle United	5–0 (H)	9 December 2000	[17]
Thierry Henry	Arsenal	Leicester City	6–1 (H)	26 December 2000	[18]
Kevin Phillips	Sunderland	Bradford City	4–1 (A)	26 December 2000	[18]
Dwight Yorke	Manchester United	Arsenal	6–1 (H)	25 February 2001	[19]
Sylvain Wiltord	Arsenal	West Ham United	3–0 (H)	3 March 2001	[20]
Marcus Stewart	Ipswich Town	Southampton	3–0 (A)	2 April 2001	[21]
Michael Owen	Liverpool	Newcastle United	3–0 (H)	5 May 2001	[22]

Note: ⁴ Player scored 4 goals; ^P Player scored a perfect hat-trick; (H) – Home; (A) – Away

Top assists

Manchester United's David Beckham was the top assist provider with 12 goals for the club in the 2000–01 Premier League season.

Rank	Player	Club	Assists[23]
1	David Beckham	Manchester United	12
2	Nolberto Solano	Newcastle United	10
3	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	Chelsea	9
	Thierry Henry	Arsenal
	Vladimír Šmicer	Liverpool
6	Ryan Giggs	Manchester United	8
	Graham Stuart	Charlton Athletic
8	Stephen Clemence	Tottenham Hotspur	7
	Paolo Di Canio	West Ham United
	Hassan Kachloul	Southampton

Awards

Monthly awards

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month
	Manager	Club	Player	Club
August	Bobby Robson	Newcastle United	Alan Smith	Leeds United
September	Peter Taylor	Leicester City	Tim Flowers	Leicester City
October	Arsène Wenger	Arsenal	Teddy Sheringham	Manchester United
November	George Burley	Ipswich Town	Paul Robinson	Leeds United
December	Peter Reid	Sunderland	James Beattie	Southampton
January	Terry Venables	Middlesbrough	Robbie Keane	Leeds United
February	Alex Ferguson	Manchester United	Stuart Pearce	West Ham United
March	David O'Leary	Leeds United	Steven Gerrard	Liverpool
April			Gary McAllister

Annual awards

Award	Winner	Club
Premier League Manager of the Season	George Burley	Ipswich Town
Premier League Player of the Season	Patrick Vieira	Arsenal
PFA Players' Player of the Year	Teddy Sheringham	Manchester United
PFA Young Player of the Year	Steven Gerrard	Liverpool
FWA Footballer of the Year	Teddy Sheringham	Manchester United

PFA Team of the Year
Goalkeeper	Fabien Barthez (Manchester United)
Defence	Stephen Carr (Tottenham Hotspur)			Jaap Stam (Manchester United)			Wes Brown (Manchester United)			Sylvinho (Arsenal)
Midfield	Steven Gerrard (Liverpool)			Roy Keane (Manchester United)			Patrick Vieira (Arsenal)			Ryan Giggs (Manchester United)
Attack	Teddy Sheringham (Manchester United)						Thierry Henry (Arsenal)

Attendances

#	Football club	Home games	Average attendance[24]
1	Manchester United	19	67,490
2	Newcastle United	19	51,309
3	Sunderland AFC	19	46,791
4	Liverpool FC	19	43,699
5	Leeds United	19	38,974
6	Arsenal FC	19	37,974
7	Tottenham Hotspur	19	35,195
8	Chelsea FC	19	34,700
9	Everton FC	19	34,131
10	Manchester City	19	34,058
11	Aston Villa	19	31,597
12	Middlesbrough FC	19	30,747
13	Derby County	19	28,551
14	West Ham United	19	25,697
15	Ipswich Town	19	22,532
16	Coventry City	19	20,582
17	Leicester City	19	20,452
18	Charlton Athletic	19	20,023
19	Bradford City	19	18,511
20	Southampton FC	19	15,115